The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns.
LiberalGunNut™, didn’t know all that. I thought you just chose a suppressor with the correct threading and hole size for your caliber. Also, is thread locking any different than when installing a bird cage or the like?
Think I disagree of 10 years to catch up. They’re simple devices and I would think it would be easy to spin up production. Probably not for mom-and-pop makers though.
Having proper concentricity gauges allows you to ensure your barrel threading is concentric to the barrel itself. Even a slight deviation in the centering of your muzzle threads could lead to baffle strikes, or rapid unintended disassembly .
Proper installation of muzzle devices used in the quick attachment of a suppressor usually requires proper torque applied with a torque wrench, and/or proper application of a thread locking compound to ensure the muzzle device doesn’t walk its way down the threads, again leading to a non-concentric position which results in destruction.
I also make it a point to use the opposite of thread locker, anti-seize compound, on the threads mounting the suppressor itself to the muzzle device threads, preventing the suppressor from carbon locking itself to the muzzle device.
I spent a lot of time on the Reddit NFA thread seeing many examples of demolished cans, so I made it a point to learn how to not demolish my can.
(Edit: I should clarify, these steps are for mounting to a semi auto rifle with a QD muzzle system, direct thread attachment is a thing, but when using a direct thread method you should be really cautious and really know what you’re doing. Pistols especially can be prone to walking their can off the threads, whereas a bolt action rifle handles direct thread really well.)
As far as production, I suppose it depends on the manufacturer. They are moving farther and farther from being simple tubes with baffles. Mine is a 3d printed stainless steel marvel of engineering, and I imagine the tooling and space to dramatically increase production for the civilian market would be massively expensive and time consuming. New QA, new machine operators, training, working out the kinks.
LiberalGunNut™, didn’t know all that. I thought you just chose a suppressor with the correct threading and hole size for your caliber. Also, is thread locking any different than when installing a bird cage or the like?
Think I disagree of 10 years to catch up. They’re simple devices and I would think it would be easy to spin up production. Probably not for mom-and-pop makers though.
Having proper concentricity gauges allows you to ensure your barrel threading is concentric to the barrel itself. Even a slight deviation in the centering of your muzzle threads could lead to baffle strikes, or rapid unintended disassembly .
Proper installation of muzzle devices used in the quick attachment of a suppressor usually requires proper torque applied with a torque wrench, and/or proper application of a thread locking compound to ensure the muzzle device doesn’t walk its way down the threads, again leading to a non-concentric position which results in destruction.
I also make it a point to use the opposite of thread locker, anti-seize compound, on the threads mounting the suppressor itself to the muzzle device threads, preventing the suppressor from carbon locking itself to the muzzle device.
I spent a lot of time on the Reddit NFA thread seeing many examples of demolished cans, so I made it a point to learn how to not demolish my can.
(Edit: I should clarify, these steps are for mounting to a semi auto rifle with a QD muzzle system, direct thread attachment is a thing, but when using a direct thread method you should be really cautious and really know what you’re doing. Pistols especially can be prone to walking their can off the threads, whereas a bolt action rifle handles direct thread really well.)
As far as production, I suppose it depends on the manufacturer. They are moving farther and farther from being simple tubes with baffles. Mine is a 3d printed stainless steel marvel of engineering, and I imagine the tooling and space to dramatically increase production for the civilian market would be massively expensive and time consuming. New QA, new machine operators, training, working out the kinks.